Court Holiday in the Philippines?

Supreme Court (SC) Spokesman and Court Administrator Atty. Jose Midas Marquez has said there is no court holiday when the Senate begins the much-awaited impeachment trial of Chief Justice Renato Corona Monday afternoon.

“Walang court holiday; walang work stoppage,” Marquez stressed.

However, Marquez said employees of the Manila and Quezon City regional trial courts (RTCs) have filed their leave of absence to show their support for the chief magistrate.

Marquez said the court employees would go to the SC in the morning to attend the flag-raising ceremony and to listen to the speech of the Chief Justice.

On the other hand, Jojo Guerrero, president of the SC Employees Association (SCEA), said that “majority of the RTC employees have filed a half-day leave in order to attend to the activities at the SC.”

After the ceremonies at the SC, the court employees will march towards the Senate, he said.

The Senate Impeachment Court is set to convene at 2 p.m. Monday to hear the eight articles of impeachment against Corona, including his alleged non-disclosure of his statement of assets, liabilities and net worth (SALN), and alleged favorable “voting trend” on a number of cases involving former President and now Pampanga Rep. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.

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